- Hardcover: 527 pages
- Publisher: Five Star (ME) (December 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1594142173
- ISBN-13: 978-1594142178
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 15 x 4.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,337,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
In the sequel to Timeweb (2006), bestseller Herbert (Sandworms of Dune) offers readers a space opera where interstellar travel is mostly embargoed and characters spend over a third of the book in solitary self-reflection. When the alien Parvii cut two empires off from the podship networks, the Parvii derail a war between humankind and the shape-shifting Mutati and forcibly separate many members of Herbert's large cast. Frequent viewpoint shifts and lengthy stretches of internal monologue make character development all but impossible. Neither guerrilla mystic Noah Watanabe nor his nemesis, Doge Lorenzo, are more than cartoon archetypes, and hardly anyone else has enough time onstage to acquire much depth. The short chapters also create an odd tonal dissonance, with heavy-handed philosophical musing regularly interrupted by crisp plot newsbreaks. Pacing improves somewhat in the book's second half (a grisly torture sequence marks the turning point), but in the end, ideas are spread too thin and most characters drawn too broadly to lift the novel above pulp-era comic strip quality. (Dec.)
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4.8 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
an interesting space opera, Dec 17 2007
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: The Web and the Stars (Hardcover)
The discovery of the cosmic web and how to use this faster than light transportation link between the stars of the galaxy led to an economic boom for the newly formed Merchant Princes Human Empire. However legendary researcher Noah Watanbe has noticed the web is showing signs of deterioration that could lead to a pandemic depression if the solar shortcut connector begins failing.
At the same the Human Empire is at war with the shape-shifting Mutati Kingdom; who plan to activate doomsday weapons to destroy the human worlds. Noah knows he must shift his research to prevent such a calamity from occurring, but he has enemies like powerful Doge Lorenzo, who just want him and his influence removed from the Human Empire anyway possible. Finally the HibAdu Coaltion consisting of neutrals from both sides of the hostilities try to broker a peace while the alien Parvii to keep the warring parties apart; only the HibAdu plan to supersede the Human Empire and the Mutati Kingdom by taking over the galaxy through stealth while no one knows what the Parvii want.
The second Timeweb Chronicles science fiction thriller (see TIMEWEB) is an interesting space opera focusing on an a galactic war between two economic giants while the environment that enables interstellar travel is disintegrating. Instead of war for oil; it is war for the cosmic web. The third neutral party brokering a peace while pursuing a hidden agenda is a clever concept, but to be honest this reviewer is not sure how secret that would remain based on how the Neocons early obsessions with Iraq has surfaced though they did the war they craved. Still this is an entertaining tale, especially the action-packed latter half in which readers get past the long introspections of the hero and his rival.
Harriet Klausner
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Cracks Become Apparent, May 8 2009
By Feo T. "A published author . . . or I will be... - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: The Web and the Stars (Hardcover)
My review of the first book was gushing. My review of the third will be brutal. This is in between--most of the positive traits I discussed remain, but the main character's power increasingly outclips that of everyone else combined, while at the same time more and more pages are devoted to people talking about how wonderful he is. If you watched Star Trek during the time of Wesley Crusher, you know where this is going.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful series, Sep 21 2008
By Tara - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: The Web and the Stars (Hardcover)
This book I found very interesting, and he had some great idea's. But, anything this man writes -- I am always sure to buy it. I look forward to Webdancers.
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